1980 08 - daily - mean of NCEP Daily Minimum Temperature at 2 m, degK. BasinID Name 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 0 Pan Arctic 260.3 259.6 258.9 259.2 258.8 258.6 258.1 257.2 257.0 256.5 256.4 256.3 257.4 258.3 258.4 258.2 258.6 257.8 258.9 259.5 259.4 259.0 258.3 258.4 258.6 259.0 259.0 258.1 257.4 257.7 258.2 34 Hudson Bay 277.2 277.3 277.3 277.2 276.5 275.9 275.4 274.6 274.4 274.8 275.8 276.8 277.1 277.0 276.7 276.5 276.1 275.8 275.2 275.4 275.8 276.3 276.0 276.1 276.4 276.6 276.6 276.6 276.6 276.3 276.5 36 Hudson Strait 266.1 268.8 271.5 272.9 273.7 273.2 270.4 267.6 264.6 265.9 266.5 268.2 270.7 271.9 271.4 274.1 275.1 274.9 274.8 273.3 271.2 270.5 269.3 268.0 267.4 273.5 275.3 274.1 274.6 274.6 275.0 98 Bering Strait 258.5 257.0 260.6 263.5 264.2 264.2 265.9 258.8 257.5 262.0 265.7 267.5 266.1 266.3 265.4 262.0 259.0 260.2 263.6 263.7 261.1 259.9 260.5 262.7 263.3 263.3 260.5 258.5 256.4 253.8 252.9 128 Arctic subocean 236.8 237.1 239.4 234.6 229.9 227.3 229.8 234.4 240.7 236.2 230.9 229.6 230.5 232.5 232.0 230.2 230.9 230.2 227.9 227.2 227.4 231.5 231.6 229.6 229.5 227.2 227.4 229.4 227.3 224.3 226.7 130 Chukchi Sea 231.9 237.3 237.3 236.1 232.8 240.1 253.2 234.3 226.0 236.0 254.6 254.5 254.5 260.9 254.4 245.3 239.2 244.0 255.6 251.9 244.5 244.7 241.6 241.0 244.3 244.9 245.6 248.0 239.6 238.2 234.9 132 Beaufort Sea 272.3 271.0 271.0 270.6 269.9 269.4 270.4 270.5 270.1 269.7 268.9 269.9 270.4 270.1 270.6 270.1 269.5 268.7 269.9 272.0 271.8 272.9 272.7 271.6 270.6 269.3 268.6 269.5 268.6 268.2 268.2 134 Arctic Archipelago 258.4 266.2 264.5 261.7 258.1 253.0 247.8 245.1 249.0 250.1 252.2 254.2 257.6 261.5 262.7 263.6 262.7 258.1 253.7 248.7 247.2 249.5 248.5 249.7 250.2 250.2 255.3 257.2 259.1 260.7 259.1 136 Foxe Basin 241.3 248.9 261.3 261.2 259.1 255.8 248.0 234.9 229.9 230.3 233.3 236.1 255.0 262.4 262.0 263.9 266.0 261.5 262.3 257.1 250.8 247.4 241.9 236.9 233.6 248.3 262.7 264.5 265.5 269.8 261.9 138 Baffin Bay 229.6 230.3 235.8 237.6 234.1 233.9 235.8 236.4 241.7 236.0 226.9 225.4 229.6 232.5 234.4 230.9 228.8 230.5 231.7 229.1 227.7 226.4 223.0 221.0 223.2 224.1 224.8 225.8 228.0 227.3 234.8 139 South Greenland 235.9 234.7 233.8 238.0 235.6 242.3 244.8 245.2 237.7 229.4 227.8 228.4 238.5 237.7 237.1 231.8 234.2 239.0 249.0 251.7 252.2 248.4 246.2 246.9 239.9 237.1 238.5 238.7 237.9 237.4 242.5 140 Greenland Sea 240.1 236.8 235.9 234.6 231.1 231.7 237.8 243.8 248.5 241.1 237.7 239.2 240.3 234.8 233.2 230.1 230.6 231.4 227.2 231.7 232.4 229.9 231.3 237.5 241.4 238.0 234.3 229.0 225.9 224.9 227.4 142 Norwegian Sea 252.7 253.4 244.9 243.5 243.1 247.3 251.9 245.0 242.5 241.4 237.8 241.5 240.8 241.2 249.8 254.0 245.4 238.8 234.9 235.4 238.9 244.6 250.3 251.9 247.7 247.4 249.4 247.4 250.1 254.8 251.8 144 Barents Sea 255.6 254.7 250.7 249.3 253.5 253.5 250.6 249.8 244.8 238.2 239.5 237.9 237.2 239.3 244.4 244.5 251.6 251.4 252.8 248.0 244.2 238.0 235.6 237.8 241.7 244.4 244.4 248.1 248.7 250.6 245.9 146 Kara Sea 265.9 265.1 262.5 261.5 261.8 261.2 258.9 259.1 260.5 260.2 258.5 257.0 258.3 260.3 258.4 259.6 261.2 260.1 260.9 262.0 263.7 264.2 264.2 262.8 262.3 262.9 262.5 260.4 261.5 261.7 262.9 148 Laptev Sea 256.6 253.5 252.5 253.1 251.8 250.8 252.1 252.9 252.1 251.9 252.3 252.4 250.9 250.5 253.8 255.3 255.0 253.3 255.3 257.7 257.2 256.1 254.4 254.6 256.2 258.2 258.7 255.7 251.3 252.8 252.9 150 East Siberian Sea 245.0 239.1 237.2 244.1 247.0 249.6 246.4 241.9 243.9 248.9 249.6 247.1 246.3 247.6 246.7 244.1 244.2 238.2 239.6 242.4 245.0 245.3 244.9 249.1 251.4 246.9 243.4 241.6 240.0 240.3 242.4 152 Gulf of Alaska 269.9 267.7 271.6 273.1 273.8 273.2 273.0 272.9 269.6 269.2 273.1 273.7 273.1 273.6 273.2 272.7 272.1 272.6 274.0 274.0 273.0 270.4 269.7 269.2 270.3 272.1 272.3 271.8 269.7 268.9 267.8 154 Southeast Bering Sea 266.3 266.5 274.7 274.2 272.6 271.9 271.6 271.2 268.3 273.4 274.8 274.5 274.7 274.0 273.6 272.6 272.1 272.7 274.3 272.2 268.4 267.2 268.5 268.3 271.9 273.8 272.7 270.2 265.9 267.7 268.6